[Asterisk-Dev] BOUNTY: app_hangup from exten => h

[Brian West]

And now that I think about it... having _. not match the 1 letter 
o,s,h,i,t,a extensions would be a more preferable solution to having 
the warning in CVS.

/b

On Apr 15, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Brian West wrote:

>>
>> No, I meant the "i" extension doesn't work.  The _. works fine as
>> as catch-all no-match kind of thing for the entire dialplan.
>>
>>
>
> Exactly.  Why do people doubt me?  In my example yesterday I showed an 
> example of proper usage to people.  As long as you understand the 
> proper usage of the _. you're fine.   I see Mark added the warning to 
> CVS anyway.  That still will do no good _. has its use and then 
> telling people you shouldn't use it then we might as well remove it if 
> you shouldn't use it.  I also explained this at Astricon when I spoke.
>
> Just because you don't understand the proper usage of something 
> doesn't mean we should plaster a warning on it nor should we bitch and 
> moan about it.  The proper course of action is to document its proper 
> usage and make sure people know how to use it.
>
> People recommend using exten => i which is totally wrong if you wish 
> to capture the invalid extension the person dialed since ${EXTEN} 
> would be "i" instead of the number the person dialed. (which can be 
> helpful ya know).
>
> I vote to have the warning removed from CVS it DOES NOT BELONG THERE.
>
> /b
>
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